Therapy Updates

I have said it before...  And I am by all means not whining...  I am just trying to offer up an explanation for why posts are few and far between...

1.  It is really hard to write a blog about someone else's life.  It's hard enough to write my own blog and I am knee deep in that information.  But, to write about Kori's day to day experiences when I have not been present to experience them is SO hard.   I wait for information to come in.  And I try and come up with witty dialog.   Unfortunately, I have a horrible case of writers block.

2.  Kori's life is really quite boring lately.   This is the greatest of all news, in reality.  Boring is so awesome.  But, it makes for a fairly boring blog.

3.  Internet troubles!  Technology is awesome, except for when it isn't.


Nevertheless,  between posts,  Kori has been working her booty off at physical therapy.  She is being hooked up to all sorts of apparatuses

 After a recent unfortunate treadmill experience,

I can definitely appreciate the benefit of this contraption.

Beneficial, yes.  Comfortable, probably not.  Fun for her, NO

 I think he may be trying to steal her wallet.

 While this looks fun,  I am assured it is NOT.

I am not sure what is going on here or what benefit this offers,

but here are some of my observations.

1.  That guy earned his money this day

2.  I am sure she felt a tad bit ridiculous

3.  Her legs continue to look darling.

 "Give me a second and I will think of a place on your body where I can strap this baby on... it will serve no real purpose, but the more stuff I can put on you, the harder it will look like we are working in case my boss walks by."

 Now, this is a therapy anyone could enjoy

 This isn't awkward at all.

  I think she still likes riding the bike.

And these are her favorite therapists

most likely talking about their fantasy football picks

while she peddles away

She is doing really well.

Her sense of humor is coming back

So is her hair

She ventured up North this weekend and attempted to go to the BYU game. 

But, tickets of the "handicap" kind were VERY expensive.

So instead Russ took her on a walk in her wheelchair and somehow hit the curb wrong and literally launched her out of her chair into the gutter.  

INTO THE GUTTER!!

She had a bruise on her cheek, thigh and knee.

And he felt horrible.....  that he didn't get it on video

Just kidding. 

He really felt badly for her.

She had a good attitude about it.

It'll be a good story to tell for a while.

MRI Results

Kori had her MRI a couple of weeks ago.    Kori is very allergic to the dye they use when they perform an MRI and she gets very sick, actually it caused her to go into anaphylactic shock when she was in Houston,  so she won't be having the dye ever again....per Dr. Tudor!!!   Unfortunately, that doesn't give the best MRI results.  Consequently, the results of her MRI were "inconclusive".  Dr. Richards (bless him) had the entire radiology team look at her scan and they all agreed on "inconclusive".  There is a teeny tiny change but so small that they can't really decide what it is, if anything.  Dr. Richards says maybe it could be from swelling caused by the chemo and/or the radiation.  Who knows??  

Kori saw Dr. Vroenen on Tuesday and she also looked at the MRI results.  We now have had at least 7 doctors look at her scan and they all agree on "inconclusive".   Today Kori met with Dr. Tudor and discussed her MRI results and guess what??....he agreed with the "inconclusive" results.  He also said that some areas look much better than the last scan.  There appears to be some very small change but he also agreed that it could be effects of the treatments or maybe edema.   He also mentioned that the most significant thing to him is that she feels good and isn't having any symptoms.  He told her she looked good too.  She will have another MRI (with NO dye) in two months but for now we're going with NO CHANGE and that's a very good result.

Last night she began her second dose of maintenance chemo for 5 nights, that will end Sunday night and then she have 23 days off.   We hope that she will do as well with this dose as she did the last time.